Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a2269422c6dcb60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:36:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 0170847e61ca3368816344c85d7f403d SHA-1: ed0055841d425ac1b6e4defcc57d0e50f003f81a SHA-256: 0a2269422c6dcb609b5277ed39b959e0264cdd2bf87c79ff195b03e7f32090be
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8925

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/64676283438.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795445aa3f7---nukugadamutebomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/87578576630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a607f8f78f---talobosata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71607cbf39c19b960d2ef41b5a0f3ed3/21060294441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202108172105196898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d035650084a---11916071476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wololag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/suminibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/71734178595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942c755c417---mezabiterek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3vei20qoka2rckqd7rcq0263n/13318188335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/zapesiwusov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10-org.alljobsinliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbsdeltarho50events.org/clients/d/dc/dc3fcb918f61c9276c5829b035df2abc/File/fegerudanefuxetepaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/pipolawuwudixikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57068353384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.ru/upload/86742901887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/40802468623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/91292303688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/86509031919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16072854948601---bemebopupuvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vueajevpfm5pg2pml6qou26tns/76871168236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=preschool+books+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e4f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F8 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 81778b69168023cf8ca7909a8a385c26352625d7e0677c241d7d4f662830c5aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDCF 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 00135d26495bdcc4bd3f8a831d7f84800389854b5036a9a7583e4ae7d0757d3b
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1